Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Pittsburgh 5,
Minnesota 4
When: 1:05 PM ET, Monday, April 2, 2018
Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 40°
Umpires: Home - Chris Conroy, 1B - Fieldin Culbreth, 2B - Brian O'Nora, 3B - Chad Whitson
Attendance: 30186
Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 40°
Umpires: Home - Chris Conroy, 1B - Fieldin Culbreth, 2B - Brian O'Nora, 3B - Chad Whitson
Attendance: 30186
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .316 |
| Joe Mauer | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Miguel Sano | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .176 |
| Eddie Rosario | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .188 |
| Eduardo Escobar | SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .385 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .308 |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .200 |
| Jason Castro | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .091 |
| Lance Lynn | SP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Taylor Rogers | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Robbie Grossman | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| Trevor Hildenberger | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Logan Morrison | PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Zach Duke | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Addison Reed | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Ehire Adrianza | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Totals | 33 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Miguel Sano (1), Eduardo Escobar (2), Max Kepler (2) | |||||||||
| HR - Brian Dozier (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Brian Dozier 4, Joe Mauer, Miguel Sano 2, Eddie Rosario, Eduardo Escobar 3, Max Kepler 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Brian Dozier (3), Eduardo Escobar (3), Max Kepler (2) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Eduardo Escobar (3), Max Kepler (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Joe Mauer (2), Eduardo Escobar (2), Byron Buxton 2 (3) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Brian Dozier (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Lance Lynn (L 0-1) | 4.0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11.25 |
| Taylor Rogers | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Trevor Hildenberger | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Zach Duke | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10.80 |
| Addison Reed | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| IBB - Gregory Polanco (by Reed) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Lance Lynn 95-51, Taylor Rogers 11-8, Trevor Hildenberger 8-4, Zach Duke 24-11, Addison Reed 29-15 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Lance Lynn 6-1, Taylor Rogers 1-1, Trevor Hildenberger 1-2, Zach Duke 0-0, Addison Reed 2-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Lance Lynn 21, Taylor Rogers 3, Trevor Hildenberger 3, Zach Duke 4, Addison Reed 8 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Addison Reed 2-0 | ||||||||
Pittsburgh
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Josh Harrison | 2B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .278 |
| Gregory Polanco | RF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .385 |
| Starling Marte | CF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .250 |
| Josh Bell | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .438 |
| Corey Dickerson | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .077 |
| Josh Smoker | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Dovydas Neverauskas | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| David Freese | PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Michael Feliz | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| George Kontos | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Francisco Cervelli | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .200 |
| Colin Moran | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .167 |
| Jordy Mercer | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 |
| Sean Rodriguez | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| Jameson Taillon | SP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Edgar Santana | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Adam Frazier | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .364 |
| Totals | 27 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 20 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Gregory Polanco (3) | |||||||||
| HR - Colin Moran (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Gregory Polanco 2, Josh Bell, Colin Moran 4, Jordy Mercer, Sean Rodriguez | |||||||||
| RBI - Gregory Polanco (6), Colin Moran 4 (4) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Colin Moran 4 (4) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Starling Marte 3 (3), Francisco Cervelli 2 (3) | |||||||||
| S - Adam Frazier (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Corey Dickerson (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jameson Taillon (W 1-0) | 5.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3.38 |
| Edgar Santana | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 |
| Josh Smoker | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Dovydas Neverauskas (H 2) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 |
| Michael Feliz (H 2) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18.00 |
| George Kontos (SV 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WP - Jameson Taillon, Edgar Santana | ||||||||
| HBP - Logan Morrison (by Neverauskas) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jameson Taillon 92-61, Edgar Santana 13-7, Josh Smoker 1-1, Dovydas Neverauskas 21-11, Michael Feliz 21-12, George Kontos 14-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jameson Taillon 2-1, Edgar Santana 0-0, Josh Smoker 0-0, Dovydas Neverauskas 1-1, Michael Feliz 1-0, George Kontos 1-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jameson Taillon 20, Edgar Santana 3, Josh Smoker 1, Dovydas Neverauskas 5, Michael Feliz 5, George Kontos 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Edgar Santana 1-1, Josh Smoker 1-1, Dovydas Neverauskas 1-0 | ||||||||